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Chapter 18 - Chapter 18: “The Celestial Assassin Strikes”

🌌 Divine Orders

Far above the mortal world, the Celestial Council convenes.

"The Fallen God grows too bold."

A voice echoes through the realm. Cold. Absolute.

"Send the Silencing Blade."

From the shadows, a tall figure steps forward. Clad in silent black robes, his face masked in silver.

Name:Vaelion, the Blade of Eternal SilencePowers: Can erase sound, memory, and magic within his domain.

🏫 Back at the Academy — Uneasy Peace

It's been two days since the banquet. The mood is tense.

Zara keeps glancing over her shoulder.Selene's shadows slither anxiously.Mirai quietly sharpens her hidden blade.Aeris has been training alone nonstop.

Kael feels it too — that shift in the air. The calm… before the divine storm.

"They're coming," he murmurs.

📚 Scene: Kael Lures the Trap

Kael walks alone through the academy gardens at night. The moon hangs still. Not a whisper of wind.

Suddenly…

Silence. Total. Absolute.

Even his heartbeat… vanishes from his ears.

Out of the darkness steps a tall assassin, veiled in shadows. His blades hum with anti-magic.

Vaelion: "The gods sent me to end your defiance."

Kael's eyes glow faint gold.

"Then try."

⚔️ Duel Begins: Kael vs Vaelion

Vaelion moves faster than light, slashing the air — erasing spells Kael tries to summon.

Kael can't speak. Can't chant. His divine flow is muted.

"This is my domain," Vaelion's voice whispers in his mind. "In silence, you die."

Kael grips Dawnbreaker tightly… but it won't respond.

"Tch… so this is their game."

Just as Vaelion closes in for the kill—

💥 Harem Backup Arrives

Zara crashes through with an ice spear, freezing the ground.

Selene dives in from the rooftops, daggers flashing, shadow beasts behind her.

Aeris lands in a meteor punch that breaks Vaelion's silence field for a moment.

Aeris: "Get up, Kael! You're not alone!"

Zara: "We chose you."

Selene: "And no god will take you from us."

🌟 Kael Unleashes a New Power

Kael steadies himself. Bleeding. Breathing hard. But then…

A memory returns — a hidden seal buried inside him by his former god self.

"Break the third chain," whispers a voice within.

Kael whispers one word silently. The seal cracks.

⚡ BOOOOM.

Divine energy explodes around him — silver and gold tendrils crackling. Time slows.

"You silence sound," Kael says. "But you can't silence truth."

He moves like lightning, blade glowing with his true name:Kael'Zarion, Guardian of the Last Flame.

He cuts through Vaelion's domain, forcing the assassin to retreat — wounded, shaken.

Vaelion: "You… You're awakening too soon."

Kael: "Tell your gods… I'm not done saving this world."

🖤 Aftermath — A New Phase Begins

Kael collapses. The girls rush to him.

Mirai appears at the edge of the trees, watching silently, eyes wide.

Later that night, she writes a letter and seals it with her blood:

To the Celestial Council,You sent one. He failed.You don't understand what you're up against.

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